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Stopping One Man to Save Thousands

John Prendergast | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: War Crimes, Sexual Violence, Lra, Icc, U.S. Military, Africa, Children, Child Soldiers, Obama Administration, International Criminal Court, Lord's Resistance Army, Foreign Affairs, Central Africa, World News

For more than two decades, the United States has attempted piecemeal solutions to addressing the scourge of the Lord's Resistance Army.

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People and Policies End; History Never Does

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Military, Iraq, Middle East, War, Politics News

Films and TV have distorted our view of everyday life by making it seem normal to have conflicts resolved in short time spans.

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Afghanistan Bombing That Killed Civilians Violated US Military Guidelines

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Afghanistan War, Farah, Farah Bombing, Afganistan Bombing, Civilian Casualties, Afghan Civilians, Afghan Civilian Deaths, US Military, US Military Afghanistan, World News

WASHINGTON — American troops made substantial errors and did not strictly follow rules for avoiding casualties during an air assault on Taliban ...

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The Rush and Cheney Show Accelerates Military Desertion of the GOP

Jon Soltz | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Military, Colin Powell, Rush Limbaugh, Donald Rumsfeld, Joseph Hoar, Wesley Clark, Hugh Shelton, John Shalikashvili, Al Qaeda, Dick Cheney, Politics, Politics News, Military, Dwight Eisenhower, Paul Eaton, Newt Gingrich, Republican Party, Republicans, Politics News

For decades, the conventional wisdom was that the Republican Party was the party of the military. However, as Republicans have abandoned ideals that make our military strong, big names now support Democrats.

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Spanish Judge Revives US Army Murder Case

BBC | Posted 06.21.2009 | World

Read More: US Military, Spanish Court, Foreign Affairs, Spanish Judge, Taras Protsyuk, Spain, US Army, Jose Couso, Iraq, Judge Santiago Pedraz, Advocacy, World News

A Spanish judge has reinstated charges against three US soldiers over the death of a Spanish journalist in Iraq....

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Fuel Economy Standards Are Only Half a Solution

Andrew Winston | Posted 06.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Automakers, US Military, Chevy Volt, Gm, Gas Tax, Fuel Efficiency, Fuel Efficiency Standards, Obama Administration, Subsidies, California Fuel Rule, Green News

In a remarkably bold regulatory move, the Obama administration is setting new, aggressive fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks.

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Air Force Boots Their 25 Million Dollar Aviator (He's Gay) VIDEO

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

The Air Force is about to discharge this guy, a virtual poster boy for recruiting, because he is gay? Someone has to be kidding. This is sheer madness.

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Holy Crap: Donald Rumsfeld's Crusade Memos

Disgrasian | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Pentagon, US Military, Department of Defense, Rumsfeld, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Holy Wars, Pentagon Propaganda, Iraq War, Bush Administration, Military, Donald Rumsfeld Crusade Memos, Religion and Politics, Crusades, Iraq, Separation of Church and State, Politics News

They used to put Scripture like this on t-shirts in my Southern Baptist youth group, to get us kids pumped about spending the first week of summer, the first taste of freedom...quietly studying the Bible.

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Pakistan Denies Agreement With U.S. On Drones

Reuters | Posted 06.15.2009 | World

Read More: US Drone Missiles, Cia, Pakistan Drones, Pakistan Taliban, Pakistan, Pakistan Us Relations, Taliban, U.S. Military, World News

Pakistan denied on Friday that it had an agreement with the United States under which it could request that Washington send surveillance drones over p...

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Time for the Military PR Folks to Come Up With a New Spin

Philip Slater | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Civilian Casualties, Afghanistan War, Spin, US Military, Military, Pr, Public Relations, Politics News

A little more honesty from the PR folks might be appropriate. Something like: "Look, folks, we're the military. Our job is to kill folks. If you're going to get picky about who, send someone else."

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Afghanistan: Casualties of War - Is it worth it?

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 06.12.2009 | World

Read More: Military, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, US Military, Bombing, Civilian-Casulaties, World News

The millions displaced and killed in Afghanistan continue to be devalued and labeled nothing more than "casualties of war." Many of which could and should be prevented.

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Code 1, Code 2, Code 3 at Bagram Airfield

Chris Rodda | Posted 06.12.2009 | World

Read More: Religion and the Military, Military Religious Freedom Foundation, US Military, Iraq, Al Jazeera, Mikey Weinstein, Afghanistan, World News

Obviously, by citing the regulation prohibiting the materials he was passing out as something that was hindering his proselytizing, Capt. Mickel was admitting that he knew what he was doing violated regulations.

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US Refutes 147 Afghan Civilian Death Toll

Associated Press | Fisnik Abrashi | Posted 06.08.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Civilian Deaths, US Military, Afghanistan, Farah, Foreign Affairs, Civilian Casualties, Taliban, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Elizabeth Mathias, Afghan Civilians, Hillary Clinton, Afghan Civilian Deaths, Afghan Taliban, Advocacy, World News

By Fisnik Abrashi, Associated Press The US military says reports that as many as 147 civilians died in fighting involving American forces and the Tal...

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Secretary Doomsday and the Empathy Gap

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Pakistan, Us Military Pakistan, US Military, Military, Pakistan Opposition, Pakistan, Drone War, Drones, World News

If Obama suspended the Bush-era drone war, it would represent a start down a different path, one not already strewn with the skeletons of failed policies.

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Surviving Within: Helen Benedict Uncovers the Harsh Realities of Women in the Military

Christian Avard | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Sexual Violence, Department of Veterans Affairs, Iraq Veterans, Violence Against Women, Rape, Veterans Affairs, U.S. Military, Veterans Health Administratino, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, Iraq, War in Iraq, Veterans, Politics News

Their seclusion, combined with the military's history of gender discrimination and the uniquely challenging conditions in Iraq, has resulted in a mounting epidemic of sexual abuse, physical degeneration, and emotional distress.

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Leukemia: The New Army Camouflage

R. B. Stuart | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

Read More: Hawaii, US Military, Casket, Andrew's Air Force Base, 14 Juliet, SPC Andrew Rounds, Burn Pits, Iraq, Ptsd, Kirkuk Iraq, Radioactive, Aml, Coma, Portland Oregon, Cancer, Du, Scholfield Army Barracks, Ohsu, Icbuw, World News

While the country is ravaged by a crippling economy, it is a lightweight problem compared to what's happening to a portion of military families. Their loved ones are coming home with cancer.

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MRFF Responds to Military's Denial That U.S. Troops Are Proselytizing Muslims

Chris Rodda | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion and the Military, Military Religious Freedom Foundation, US Military, Iraq, Al Jazeera, Afghanistan, Mikey Weinstein, Politics News

The video released by Al Jazeera is just one of countless pieces of evidence proving that our military is actively proselytizing Muslims in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

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National Guard Troops Could Be Sent To Mexico Border To Fight Drug War

Washington Post | Mary Beth Sheridan, Spencer S. Hsu and Steve Fainaru | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, Homeland Security, Mexico Drug War, US Military, Mexico Drug Cartels, Obama Administration, Mexico, Obama, Us Mexico Drug Trafficking, Barack Obama, Mexico Drugs, US-Mexico Border, Mexico Drug Violence, Mexico Drug Wars, National Guard, World News

The Pentagon and Homeland Security Department are developing contingency plans to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexican border under a $350 m...

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The Gates Revolution

Adam Elkus | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Obama Defense Budget, Robert Gates, National Security, US Military, Department of Defense, Military, Army, Politics News

Gates is doing something far more radical than just canceling big-ticket weapons programs: he's finally fusing theory and policy.

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Bush Administration Ignored Military's Strong Opposition To Torture Program

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military Torture, Torture Memos, U.S. Military, Torture, Politics News

On Tuesday, President Obama reassured CIA agents that if they interrogated prisoners within the "four corners" of the legal authority given by the Bus...

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Army Chief of Chaplains Promotes Ministry That Called Navy Secretary Satanic

Chris Rodda | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Religion and the Military, Religion, US Military, Douglas Carver, Evangelical Christians, Mikey Weinstein, Jon Kyl, Evangelicals, Politics News

According to past ADOF newsletters, the promotion of this ministry to the military chaplaincies has been a regular occurrence each spring by both the Air Force and the Army.

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US To Give Lebanon Unmanned Spy Drones

AP | SAM F. GHATTAS | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lebanon, Us Military Lebanon UAVs, US Military, Us Military to Give Lebanon Spy Drones, Us Lebanon Spy Drones, Politics News

BEIRUT — The United States said Tuesday it is providing Lebanon with 12 unmanned military aircraft in the coming months, the latest effort to bo...

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Ignorant Army Chief of Chaplains Proclaimed Day of Fasting for First Day of Passover

Chris Rodda | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion and the Military, Religion, Douglas Carver, U.S. Military, Evangelical Christians, Passover, Politics News

Maj. Gen. Douglas Carver, the Army's Chief of Chaplains, has managed to piss off quite a few Jewish soldiers, as well as many other Jewish Americans. ...

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US Has Few Military Options To Deter Piracy

AP | ANNE GEARAN and PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

Read More: Options to Deal With Piracy, Military Options Piracy, Us Military Piracy, Piracy, US Military, World News

WASHINGTON — The U.S. sent warships speeding to the scene. But they were hours away when the brazen pirates attacked, and the world's greatest s...

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Ivies and the Military -- Toward Reconciliation (Harvard Administration Blows an Opportunity)

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gays in the Military, US Military, President Obama, Harvard Divinity School, Rotc, Ivies and the Military, Columbia, Politics News

It is past time for our elite universities to reconsider their sometime anti-military bias that is most clearly expressed in their continuing (often bitter) opposition to restoring ROTC to campus.

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